MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 44.91,-93.04 Latitude: 44.91 Longitude: -93.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 146 SFC 984 282 13.2 2.6 49 10.6 7.9 171 3 287.7 288.5 281.8 301.0 4.69 2 950 581 16.9 -0.3 31 17.2 8.4 193 5 294.4 295.1 283.8 306.0 3.93 3 900 1040 14.7 -4.8 26 19.5 5.8 212 2 296.7 297.2 283.7 305.7 2.98 4 850 1519 11.1 -8.2 25 19.3 2.9 318 3 297.7 298.2 283.4 305.1 2.42 5 800 2024 11.6 -20.5 9 32.2 0.8 301 8 303.5 303.7 284.0 306.6 0.93 6 750 2561 10.5 -20.2 10 30.7 -0.2 289 11 307.9 308.1 285.8 311.3 1.02 7 700 3132 8.2 -18.2 13 26.4 -1.4 278 14 311.5 311.8 287.3 315.9 1.30 8 650 3740 5.5 -21.4 12 26.9 -3.6 274 15 315.2 315.4 288.3 318.8 1.06 9 600 4389 1.9 -24.6 12 26.5 -6.2 275 16 318.3 318.5 289.2 321.3 0.87 10 550 5084 -3.3 -27.5 13 24.2 -9.9 278 20 320.2 320.3 289.6 322.7 0.73 11 500 5830 -8.5 -29.9 16 21.4 -13.7 276 22 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.9 0.64 12 450 6637 -14.1 -26.1 36 11.9 -17.1 297 24 325.5 325.7 291.5 329.1 1.01 13 400 7520 -20.6 -31.2 38 10.5 -22.8 302 31 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.8 0.71 14 350 8492 -28.3 -35.1 52 6.8 -29.3 303 38 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.7 0.55 15 300 9578 -36.9 -42.0 59 5.1 -37.4 309 38 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.6 0.32 16 250 10812 -46.9 -50.6 66 3.7 -47.1 318 40 336.3 336.3 293.6 336.9 0.15 17 200 12256 -56.9 -60.0 69 3.0 -57.0 323 45 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.06 18 150 14030 -66.6 -72.5 43 6.0 -66.6 310 47 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.01 19 100 16486 -65.6 -84.2 6 18.6 -65.8 277 31 400.9 400.9 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.03 m Freezing level: 581.70 mb = 4643.56 m = 15234.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 758.59 mb = 2466.55 m = 8092.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.58 % Est. max temperature: 25.02 C = 77.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.31 mb = 1634.37 m = 5362.05 ft T: 11.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 0.86 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 484.57 mb = 6069.88 m = 19914.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.85 C = 119.94 F Cap Strength: 16.82 C Lifted Index: 16.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.83 C Showalter Index: 16.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 19.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.61 C Cross Totals Index: 0.34 C K Index: -14.97 Risk: None Sweat Index: 27.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14022.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.92 mb = 2877.19 m = 9439.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.7 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 307.7 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.2 neg: -9.1 tot: 2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.38 Bulk Shear: 23.77 m/s